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[-] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's not about whether it's a chromium browser or not. It's about whether a browser is "trusted" and installed from a "trusted" source, like the windows store... Basically gatekeeping. Still, Firefox and any browser could still be approved.

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago

This would be an insane damage to the Linux community since there are many different ways to install programms(including browsers).

[-] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Absolutely! I would wager a guess that something like this would require support on a package manager level, meaning that the biggest like Ubuntu or what not could have access to a functioning "trusted" browser. But good luck on a niche distro, or if you want to compile it yourself, or if you want to use certain extensions or....

[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

What's more trusted than source code?

[-] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

According to Google - probably source code that can't block ads and that is known to not block trackers... basically.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Or the API can die a quick death, like so many other Google products.

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